Since your explanation requires that governments listen to the people, which is a controversial point, let me come up with another idea: control freaks rise to controller positions, a future world where pollution is widespread will require blanket therapy, which means full dependence on a system able to provide it, therefore the future world will be probably much polluted and not for unavoidable economic reasons. In fact, to promote the current system, we don't pay the real price for the things we get. Climate change is just a diversion where current governments tax you for addressing a single aspect of the problem in irrelevant ways and with much media attention, while the rest of the problem gets bigger and bigger.
Dear fellows, please do not forget about the rules: 1st RULE: You do not talk about club quilting club. 2nd RULE: You DO NOT talk about club quilting club. 3rd RULE: If someone says "stop" or his pillow goes limp, taps out the fight is over.
> I will call it OPENER Source. I will call it FREER Software. And please do not call that kernel "Linux", call it "GNU/Linux's kernel".
Jokes aside, now that there is an Android/Linux "that can't boot to the home screen on its flagship device for lack of GPU support", I suggest using GNU/Linux to refer to the truly free stack:)
I definitely agree with your analysis; I would add that it is naturally difficult for people to converge to a common goal as the number of the people interested grows, and guess what, the center of power is raised at every occasion. First states overtook regions and towns, then federal unions like USA, URSS, EU overtook states, next a global government (which is de facto already here) will make the angry citizen totally irrelevant unless he coordinates with a couple billion friends.
Popular culture pushes for individualism and competition, so no "getting together and doing something about it". Stuff like the mafia is also perverting, as a collateral effect, the concepts of family bond and local, self-organizing society, which are not always bad things.
And, remember that the GM revolution was publicized like this: "we will alter the DNA so we will make species that are resistant to *parasites* so there will be less need to spray the fields with chemicals".
Instead we end up spraying the fields with chemicals that are even more harmful to natural species (you know, the ones you can freely plant with leftover seeds instead of bending over to patented sterile offerings).
Best scam of the century, even better than the "oh you want to get porn or cute cat pictures online? let us control your data and activity instead" internet.
while I'm mostly agreeing that the "globalization" (increased interdependence from a complex system with the room of buttons placed far away the single citizen) makes us slaves in essence, I think society has a little right to frown upon people removing themselves from it, unless they made up for the effort society made in bringing them up. Your own family's effort is especially difficult to be offset.
No no it's real. There are twitter users who are actual persons. For example:"Hey look at this product, it's awesome and with an affordable price tag. I am using it without problem for months!" is clearly a cheap twitbot, while "OMG LOST MATCH AGAIN DAAAAAMN!!!!1!" is clearly the product of a human brain.
First, it was a CAR analogy, which can't possibly be bad, by definition. Second, they do not resist cloning. They don't consider cloning as an equivalent to sexual reproduction. One could make a register with all the horses who actually were sons of couples who liked each other instead of being "forced" to copulate and not consider human assisted sexual reproduction as natural sexual reproduction. We would then be talking about a very conceptual barrier, so what? There is still no justification for third parties to step in and tell them which are the parameters for being included in the registry. Make another registry and STFU.
QM don't use consciousness, but they don't exclude it. When/if they will be able to predict with 100% accu future interaction of matter, they will have excluded it, not earlier.
Example, what is AAAAAABAAAAAABAAAAAAB? A phenomenon easily represented by a function. It is also a map of my morning preferences (a=cafeteria, b=stay home). It is more than 90% accurate and doesn't use consciousness. Yet my choice could be conscious (if such concept exists) regardless of it.
There is no artificial scarcity here, there is natural scarcity and artificial abundance due to possible cloning. The keeper of the register do not want to consider clones, fine. Somebody else will do it? fine. This has nothing to do with patents, they did not patent what was already there, nor invent and claim anything.
It's not a monopoly if the item is scarce. What if I built an exact replica of a vintage Bugatti and then insist on having it registered as an official Bugatti? What if I built a hackintosh and insist on apple putting a serial number and a logo on it? The proper answer is "No, f*ck you!".
Do the official registry prevent the creation of a cloned animals registry? Let the damn market choose which registry to consider.
In freedom, one could create the registry of ogm free stuff, male-only (or female-only, or white-only) clubs, and so on. As long as I don't hurt anybody, directly or with negative propaganda, nobody has any business interfering.
> I'll grant you bash is more mature and intuitive, sure - but you can do things in powershell that just either aren't possible with bash without writing helper applications in a non-scripting language or are exceedingly convoluted.
even without touching powershell I am sure bash is uglier. And sure it relies on external tools. It's the latter which makes bash stronger, bash + the wealth of already available, fast, mature unix commands. And did I mention Free? free.
"Go forth and multiply and populate the earth", which does not really equal to overpopulate it, right?
If you only say "go forth and multiply" you are missing out a key detail about your wacky thesis (it is wacky because I don't see humanity following many and often reiterated religious precepts like do not kill, why they should follow a single passage in genesis).
And, by saying "go forth and multiply" you also could have people reply "3 4 *". With a straight face.
I have no issues in imagining that, the problem is indeed the opposite. If there COULD be a particle, everything is ok. If there MUST be a particle, there is lack of imagination. Sometimes that is good, speeds up the search for an explanation. Sometimes that makes the explanation difficult or impossible to reach. With neutrinos it was good.
Another solution is changing MAC address every day. I think a one line cron job would do it on GNU/Linux. Unfortunately I have an Android/Linux/run/some/binaries/from/untrusted/places/to/gain/root toy, instead.
Besides, those who really can track you have the IMEI.
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> ... descended from king James vi of Scotland...
That's a pity, since king James emacs of Scotland is the best.
Dialup users, you know, those losers that still need a modem to get to the intern[CARRIER LOST]
Since your explanation requires that governments listen to the people, which is a controversial point, let me come up with another idea: control freaks rise to controller positions, a future world where pollution is widespread will require blanket therapy, which means full dependence on a system able to provide it, therefore the future world will be probably much polluted and not for unavoidable economic reasons. In fact, to promote the current system, we don't pay the real price for the things we get. Climate change is just a diversion where current governments tax you for addressing a single aspect of the problem in irrelevant ways and with much media attention, while the rest of the problem gets bigger and bigger.
Dear fellows, please do not forget about the rules:
1st RULE: You do not talk about club quilting club.
2nd RULE: You DO NOT talk about club quilting club.
3rd RULE: If someone says "stop" or his pillow goes limp, taps out the fight is over.
> I will call it OPENER Source.
I will call it FREER Software. And please do not call that kernel "Linux", call it "GNU/Linux's kernel".
Jokes aside, now that there is an Android/Linux "that can't boot to the home screen on its flagship device for lack of GPU support", I suggest using GNU/Linux to refer to the truly free stack :)
I definitely agree with your analysis; I would add that it is naturally difficult for people to converge to a common goal as the number of the people interested grows, and guess what, the center of power is raised at every occasion.
First states overtook regions and towns, then federal unions like USA, URSS, EU overtook states, next a global government (which is de facto already here) will make the angry citizen totally irrelevant unless he coordinates with a couple billion friends.
Popular culture pushes for individualism and competition, so no "getting together and doing something about it". Stuff like the mafia is also perverting, as a collateral effect, the concepts of family bond and local, self-organizing society, which are not always bad things.
> And every song he'd ever compose would be measured against Imagine.
He should make one and name it "a beowulf cluster". He'd have some niche following.
Maybe that step is unnecessary, as the blood markers derive from the drugs that have already been prescribed to those likely depressed people.
And, remember that the GM revolution was publicized like this: "we will alter the DNA so we will make species that are resistant to *parasites* so there will be less need to spray the fields with chemicals".
Instead we end up spraying the fields with chemicals that are even more harmful to natural species (you know, the ones you can freely plant with leftover seeds instead of bending over to patented sterile offerings).
Best scam of the century, even better than the "oh you want to get porn or cute cat pictures online? let us control your data and activity instead" internet.
while I'm mostly agreeing that the "globalization" (increased interdependence from a complex system with the room of buttons placed far away the single citizen) makes us slaves in essence, I think society has a little right to frown upon people removing themselves from it, unless they made up for the effort society made in bringing them up. Your own family's effort is especially difficult to be offset.
If i still had mod points, I'd mod you fumy.
No no it's real. There are twitter users who are actual persons. :"Hey look at this product, it's awesome and with an affordable price tag. I am using it without problem for months!" is clearly a cheap twitbot, while "OMG LOST MATCH AGAIN DAAAAAMN!!!!1!" is clearly the product of a human brain.
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First, it was a CAR analogy, which can't possibly be bad, by definition.
Second, they do not resist cloning. They don't consider cloning as an equivalent to sexual reproduction. One could make a register with all the horses who actually were sons of couples who liked each other instead of being "forced" to copulate and not consider human assisted sexual reproduction as natural sexual reproduction. We would then be talking about a very conceptual barrier, so what? There is still no justification for third parties to step in and tell them which are the parameters for being included in the registry. Make another registry and STFU.
So, we needed to force all hunter-gatherers to work in farms, to get the agriculture thing going? Do you get the point or what?
QM don't use consciousness, but they don't exclude it. When/if they will be able to predict with 100% accu future interaction of matter, they will have excluded it, not earlier.
Example, what is AAAAAABAAAAAABAAAAAAB? A phenomenon easily represented by a function. It is also a map of my morning preferences (a=cafeteria, b=stay home). It is more than 90% accurate and doesn't use consciousness. Yet my choice could be conscious (if such concept exists) regardless of it.
There is no artificial scarcity here, there is natural scarcity and artificial abundance due to possible cloning. The keeper of the register do not want to consider clones, fine. Somebody else will do it? fine. This has nothing to do with patents, they did not patent what was already there, nor invent and claim anything.
It's not a monopoly if the item is scarce. What if I built an exact replica of a vintage Bugatti and then insist on having it registered as an official Bugatti? What if I built a hackintosh and insist on apple putting a serial number and a logo on it? The proper answer is "No, f*ck you!".
Do the official registry prevent the creation of a cloned animals registry? Let the damn market choose which registry to consider.
In freedom, one could create the registry of ogm free stuff, male-only (or female-only, or white-only) clubs, and so on. As long as I don't hurt anybody, directly or with negative propaganda, nobody has any business interfering.
There is no cowardice in refusing to get an ID.
> What problem are they trying to solve here?
The problem is that the NSA hasn't got enough data on our kids' assignments. Next.
> I'll grant you bash is more mature and intuitive, sure - but you can do things in powershell that just either aren't possible with bash without writing helper applications in a non-scripting language or are exceedingly convoluted.
even without touching powershell I am sure bash is uglier. And sure it relies on external tools. It's the latter which makes bash stronger, bash + the wealth of already available, fast, mature unix commands. And did I mention Free? free.
"Go forth and multiply and populate the earth", which does not really equal to overpopulate it, right?
If you only say "go forth and multiply" you are missing out a key detail about your wacky thesis (it is wacky because I don't see humanity following many and often reiterated religious precepts like do not kill, why they should follow a single passage in genesis).
And, by saying "go forth and multiply" you also could have people reply "3 4 *". With a straight face.
Yes, sure, but if he REALLY wanted to pay homage to the spirit of windows 3.11 he should have released an early beta.
I have no issues in imagining that, the problem is indeed the opposite. If there COULD be a particle, everything is ok. If there MUST be a particle, there is lack of imagination. Sometimes that is good, speeds up the search for an explanation. Sometimes that makes the explanation difficult or impossible to reach. With neutrinos it was good.
It would be strange was referred to dark matter being indeed the manifestation of an error of calculation, not to the fact that models are imperfect.
Another solution is changing MAC address every day. I think a one line cron job would do it on GNU/Linux. Unfortunately I have an Android/Linux/run/some/binaries/from/untrusted/places/to/gain/root toy, instead.
Besides, those who really can track you have the IMEI.